Textural difEerences between Cheddar and Cheshire cheeses were examined rheologically to provide a means of distinguishing these two English cheeses. Body breakdown of a 6@wk Cheshire sample occurred at a lower strain than did a 20-wk sample, whereas a 60-wk Cheddar sample did not break down under the same conditions. All cheeses followed the Arrhenius equation, and the energy of activation obt...

The objective of this study was to identify Acinetobacter in a traditional cheese from west Azarbaijan, Iran, and to study the lipolytic and proteolytic activities of these bacteria in ripening of white brine cheese. Acinetobacter is a gram negative bacteria which can be found in different sources as dairy products. Lypolysis and proteolysis characteristic of this bacteria and...

Cheese is the most complex of the dairy products, involving chemical, biochemical and microbiological processes. The steps in all cheesemaking include milk acidification, milk coagulation, whey removal, packaging and storage. Most cheesemaking also includes heating the cheese curd and salting the curd. Even slight changes in these processes can lead to significant differences in the final chees...

INTRODUCTION Raw-milk cheese has been identified in risk assessment as a food of greater concern to public health due to listeriosis. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and levels of Listeria monocytogenes in semi-hard Idiazabal cheese manufactured by different producers in the Basque Country at consumer level. METHODOLOGY A total of 51 Idiazabal cheese samples were obtained from 10 sepa...

The objective of this article is to estimate the derived demand for imported cheese products into Japan when cheese import data are disaggregated by specific cheese group and by source country of production+We provide empirical measures of the sensitivity of demand to changes in total imports, own-price, and cross-prices among exporting countries for four market segments of the cheese category+...

Low fat (LF) cheddar cheese develops flavor during aging uncharacteristic of full fat (FF) cheese, such as rosey and burnt/brothy flavors and bitter taste. Our objective was to determine if this is a function of differences in salt-in-moisture (S/M) content. Full fat and LF curd was made (in triplicate) using 700 kg of milk and salted to produce cheese with S/M typical of LF cheese. Half the cu...

BACKGROUND An excessive consumption of fat has been associated with an increased risk of health problems such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Cheese is a highly concentrated product which is rich in protein and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus and essential amino acids, therefore it is an important food in the diet. But low fat cheeses are usually characterized as havin...

Batches of fromage blanc, a soft white cheese were prepared from whole pasteurized cow’s milk. Processing and formulation methods were used in cheese making to reduce Listeria monocytogenes in artificially contaminated cheese. Treatments implemented included use of additional starter culture in formulation (25% more starter culture than original formulation), use of a higher temperature drainin...

HPP (high pressure processing) is one of the novel technologies to produce microbiologically safe food. HPP is a non-thermal food processing method, wherein the food is subjected to a very high pressure ranging between 100-800 MPa in order to prevent undesirable chemical and microbiological reactions, and hence, prolong the shelf-life. HPP is also called as “high hydrostatic processing, ultra-h...